Better off buying single game tickets?

[ianoconnor]

Since I graduated, I have bought hillsides and stood in the upper student section. The last two years, I have donated so I could get a parking pass. This year I bought actual seats. I really enjoy the people we sit around. I bought two seats and requested to be next to a friend, who also bought two seats. Another group of friends is 6 rows down from us and it turns out a group that I have known since grade school has tickets in our row 5 seats down. We have also enjoyed those that we don't know but sit around.

I paid $610 for the two season tickets, Cyclone Club donation, and parking pass. In addition, I paid $90 for seat-backs. Very much worth all of the $700 I paid. I would rather know where my seat will be every game and that I enjoy sitting around the people we do sit around, than save some money on individual tickets.

Agreed. It's pretty fun getting to know the people that you sit next to each week.

[BoxsterCy]

For one, easier to get people to donate more when they can write off a portion on their taxes. Also easier to get more money when businesses are willing to match the donation.

ISUAgronomist you sumbitch!

ISUAgronomist probably types faster than you but you are still ahead of him by 2500 posts!

[ISUAgronomist]

ISUAgronomist probably types faster than you but you are still ahead of him by 2500 posts!

[mtowncyclone13]

These are great reasons and I think we'll get them again next year. Do they automatically keep you in the same spot?

[Cycsk]

Because if you are like me you like seeing whole sheets of tickets

I scan mine and print a copy so that I can keep the sheet!

[Cycsk]

These are great reasons and I think we'll get them again next year. Do they automatically keep you in the same spot?

Recognize that we have Iowa and Texas at home next year. Unless you have season tickets, you won't get good single game tickets unless you pay a fortune on Stub Hub. Season tickets are the way to go.

[HGPuck]

If you get the parking pass vs. paying for general public parking every game plus deduct your donation, you come out extremely close in net cost. If you're willing to walk from free parking somewhere you lose some of the cost benefit.

I know we come out ahead in terms of net cost on season tickets vs. spending $395 per seat on single game tickets and get significantly better seats than we would otherwise. (We get the small faculty discount which gets us on the positive side of the net cost when added to parking and the deduction.)

From an economic standpoint (not a pride or alumni standpoint), would we be better off buying single-game tickets rather than season tickets? Last year we bought each game separately and because we couldn't get into the Iowa game decided to buy season tickets this year. Each game this year there have been available tickets in our section (albeit higher up) for every game a few days prior to game day.

So... we paid $950 for two tickets and cyclone club donation. That works out to about $68/ticket per game. If we would have purchased single game ticket it would have been $790 ($395/pp x 2). Going forward, why would I willingly spend 17% more to get the same tickets?

Off topic - I wish they would get rid of Cyclone Club pricing for football and just charge a certain price per ticket per game. the whole business of not knowing your specific seats/varying donations is kind of confusing (why do they do that?)

[mtowncyclone13]

We walk from east hyvee. That way we never have to deal with crowds when we leave. How much is a parking pass? I looked online and there is no price listed.

[HGPuck]

Parking pass is $50 for the season if I remember correctly.

We walk from east hyvee. That way we never have to deal with crowds when we leave. How much is a parking pass?

[A-town Cy]

Because if you are like me you like seeing whole sheets of tickets

And being All In!

[Boxerdaddy]

We walk from east hyvee. That way we never have to deal with crowds when we leave. How much is a parking pass? I looked online and there is no price listed.

If you donate or buy season tickets the parking passes are $50 no matter if you're in G7 or B6. The more you donate the "better" lot you get.

These are great reasons and I think we'll get them again next year. Do they automatically keep you in the same spot?

They will usually keep you there. If you want to be next to someone just note that on both of your forms when you turn them in. Also you guys can request to move to a better seat if available. They will work with you. Just ask to move closer in your section or farther if you want to be higher....upper balcony etc.

[Wesley]

Has anyone priced what scalper ticket approach five minutes after game starts would total for a season?

[wright4cy]

The reason you do season tickets is to improve our program and as we build on it every year tickets have and will get harder to come by. Being able to deduct donations helps ... $50 for parking is not expensive at all ..couple of pay lots are like 20 a game Yikes .We enjoy alot of the people around us and like having seats with them every yr.!

[CycloneRulzzz]

From an economic standpoint (not a pride or alumni standpoint), would we be better off buying single-game tickets rather than season tickets? Last year we bought each game separately and because we couldn't get into the Iowa game decided to buy season tickets this year. Each game this year there have been available tickets in our section (albeit higher up) for every game a few days prior to game day.

So... we paid $950 for two tickets and cyclone club donation. That works out to about $68/ticket per game. If we would have purchased single game ticket it would have been $790 ($395/pp x 2). Going forward, why would I willingly spend 17% more to get the same tickets?

Off topic - I wish they would get rid of Cyclone Club pricing for football and just charge a certain price per ticket per game. the whole business of not knowing your specific seats/varying donations is kind of confusing (why do they do that?)

I got hillside season tickets and with processing charge it was $125. Had I bought hillsides game by game I would have saved $20-$25. I thought the whole idea of season tickets was to save people money.

[CycloneErik]

At this point, I think that season tickets are more about guaranteeing that you can see the game.